Tacora Volcano
Updated: 28 mar. 2024 15:58 GMT -
stratovolcano 5980 m / 19,619 ft
Cile settentrionale, Bolivia e Argentina (Sud America), -17.72°S / -69.77°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Cile settentrionale, Bolivia e Argentina (Sud America), -17.72°S / -69.77°W
Current status: normal or dormant (1 out of 5)
Tacora is the northernmost volcano in Chile and located near the Bolivian border. It is a roughly conical andesitic twin volcano tiogether with Chupiquiña volcano to the north.
Reported eruptions in 1930 and 1937 could not be verified by independent sources.
There are many sulfur mines in the saddle between Tacora and Chupiquiña, and hot springs are located on the eastern side of Tacora.
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Eruzioni del vulcano Tacora: 1937(?), 1930(?)